Captains scoring twin fifties in test – Mohammad Rizwan of Pakistan joins the list
Mohammad Rizwan of Pakistan score 71 and 60 against New Zealand in the just concluded test at Mount Maunganui to provide the 200th occasion of a captain scoring fifties in both innings of a test in the annals of test cricket. It also provides the 18th occasion of Pakistan captain scoring twin fifties in a test. All such occasions are tabulated below
No | Player | FI | SI | Oppo | Ground | Start Date |
1 | Hanif Mohammad | 104 | 93 | Aus | Melbourne | 4 Dec 1964 |
2 | Mushtaq Mohammad | 107 | 67* | NZl | Karachi | 30 Oct 1976 |
3 | Mushtaq Mohammad | 121 | 56 | Win | Trinidad | 1 Apr 1977 |
4 | Imran Khan | 83 | 72* | Aus | Melbourne | 26 Dec 1983 |
5 | Saleem Malik | 75 | 143 | Aus | Lahore | 1 Nov 1994 |
6 | Inzamam-ul-Haq | 57 | 86 | Ind | Mohali | 8 Mar 2005 |
7 | Inzamam-ul-Haq | 50 | 117* | Win | Kingston | 3 Jun 2005 |
8 | Inzamam-ul-Haq | 53 | 72 | Eng | Multan | 12 Nov 2005 |
9 | Inzamam-ul-Haq | 109 | 100* | Eng | Faisalabad | 20 Nov 2005 |
10 | Inzamam-ul-Haq | 69 | 56* | Eng | Lord’s | 13 Jul 2006 |
11 | Misbah-ul-Haq | 77 | 58* | SAF | Abu Dhabi | 20 Nov 2010 |
12 | Misbah-ul-Haq | 99 | 70* | NZl | Wellington | 15 Jan 2011 |
13 | Misbah-ul-Haq | 53 | 52 | Zim | Harare | 3 Sep 2013 |
14 | Misbah-ul-Haq | 63 | 68* | Srl | Sharjah | 16 Jan 2014 |
15 | Misbah-ul-Haq | 101 | 101* | Aus | Abu Dhabi | 30 Oct 2014 |
16 | Misbah-ul-Haq | 102 | 87 | Eng | Dub-DSC | 22 Oct 2015 |
17 | Sarfaraz Ahmed | 94 | 81 | Aus | Abu Dhabi | 16 Oct 2018 |
18 | Mohammad Rizwan | 71 | 60 | NZl | Mt Maunganui | 26 Dec 2020 |
It also provides the 20th occasion of a captain scoring twin fifties in a test against New Zealand. All such occasions are tabulated below
No | Player | FI | SI | Team | Ground | Start Date |
1 | MJK Smith | 54 | 87 | Eng | Christchurch | 25 Feb 1966 |
2 | IM Chappell | 145 | 121 | Aus | Wellington | 01 Mar 1974 |
3 | Mushtaq Mohd | 107 | 67* | Pak | Karachi | 30 Oct 1976 |
4 | IVA Richards | 57 | 78 | Win | Port of Spain | 29 Mar 1985 |
5 | AR Border | 140 | 114* | Aus | Christchurch | 28 Feb 1986 |
6 | MA Atherton | 94* | 118 | Eng | Christchurch | 14 Feb 1997 |
7 | BC Lara | 67 | 75 | Win | Wellington | 26 Dec 1999 |
8 | RT Ponting | 105 | 86* | Aus | Auckland | 26 Mar 2005 |
9 | GC Smith | 63 | 68 | SAF | Johannesburg | 05 May 2006 |
0 | MS Dhoni | 52 | 56* | Ind | Wellington | 03 Apr 2009 |
11 | KC Sangakkara | 50 | 109 | Srl | Colombo (SSC) | 26 Aug 2009 |
12 | Shakib Al Hasan | 87 | 100 | Ban | Hamilton | 15 Feb 2010 |
13 | Misbah-ul-Haq | 99 | 70* | Pak | Wellington | 15 Jan 2011 |
14 | BRM Taylor | 50 | 117 | Zim | Bulawayo | 01 Nov 2011 |
15 | GC Smith | 53 | 115 | SAF | Dunedin | 07 Mar 2012 |
16 | AD Mathews | 50 | 66 | Srl | Christchurch | 26 Dec 2014 |
17 | AN Cook | 75 | 56 | Eng | Leeds | 29 May 2015 |
18 | SPD Smith | 138 | 53* | Aus | Christchurch | 20 Feb 2016 |
19 | F du Plessis | 52 | 56* | SAF | Dunedin | 08 Mar 2017 |
20 | Mohd Rizwan | 71 | 60 | Pak | Mt Maunganui | 26 Dec 2020 |
It also provides the third occasion of a Pakistan captain scoring twin fifties in a test against New Zealand. All such occasions are tabulated below
No | Player | FI | SI | Team | Ground | Start Date |
1 | Mushtaq Mohd | 107 | 67* | Pak | Karachi | 30 Oct 1976 |
2 | Misbah-ul-Haq | 99 | 70* | Pak | Wellington | 15 Jan 2011 |
3 | Mohd Rizwan | 71 | 60 | Pak | Mt Maunganui | 26 Dec 2020 |